Installation checklist

Follow the required steps below to complete the IBM® Storage Defender Sentinel anomaly scan software installation.

  • Prerequisites - Portal access
    • The License Owner or other authorized user has signed the End User License Agreement (EULA).
  • Prerequisites - Host server
    • Server is built that meets the requirements. For more information about requirements, see Server requirements and recommendations and ensure that the OS is updated.
    • Drives are partitioned to meet requirements.
    • Firewalls are either stopped/disabled OR configured.
    • SELinux is disabled or permissive
    • /etc/hostname configured with hostname.
    • /etc/hosts is configured with long and short hostname added to local host 127.0.0.1.
    • Optional – postfix or sendmail is active and enabled. Successful email verified from anomaly scan software server to intended domain.
    • atop is installed, enabled, active and rotating properly.
    • DNS or /etc/hosts is configured as needed.
    • CLI access verified from your administration server (PC).
    • Run CheckEngine.sh to confirm that above before proceeding.
  • Prerequisites – Software
    • Download/Install the IBM Storage Defender Sentinel anomaly scan software provided repositories.
    • Download the IBM Storage Defender Sentinel anomaly scan software .tar file.
  • Installation – Software
    • Install the anomaly scan software – About 20 minutes.
    • Verify all services are running.
  • Configuration
    • Log in to GUI - Record the manager Engine ID.
    • Receive email with the license (.txt file).
    • GUI – Upload the license.
    • GUI - Administration > Home > Index Manager > Add Index to add an index; then Select Index to select the index.
    • GUI - Administration > Home > Index Manager > Defaults to make these selections:

      Full Content, Map to Lowercase, CS Data Collection: Enabled, Synthetic Incremental: Enabled, Use Change Time for Incremental Indexing: Disabled

    • GUI - Administration > Home > Index Manager > Merge Options to set options.

      Purge after 30 Days, Pause Yes, Policy Purge Deleted, Days to Keep 30

    • GUI - Administration > Home > Index Manager > Merge Segmentsto add a merge job.

      Yes, Yes, No, Do Not Pause, 2, 720 – Schedule as required after first full scan

  • Validation
    • Reboot the manager engine.
    • Run CheckEngine.sh to confirm the configuration and that all anomaly scan software processes are running.
    • Confirm that you can log into the anomaly scan software GUI.
    • If email is supported, confirm that email was received by the expected recipients.